Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:22 pm on 16 July 2019.
I thank Llyr Gruffydd for what he said on the agriculture Bill. Of course, we did want to continue with the agriculture Bill in this term. The problem isn’t with what we wanted to do, but with the timetable for Brexit itself. In the new context, I agree with what Llyr said: there isn’t enough information to legislate in this term, and there won’t be enough information in the new Brexit context. That’s why we’ve taken the decision to bring forward a White Paper. And, of course, we are going to work very hard with the sector to draw things together, to listen to the sector before October, and work with them again after October, when we have received all of the responses.